Archives of American Art

A Finding Aid to the Joan Peterson Gallery Records, 1958-1980, in the Archives of American Art

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.joanpete
Creators:
Joan Peterson Gallery
Dates:
1958-1980
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.6 Linear feet
Repository:
The records of the Joan Peterson Gallery measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1958 to 1980. The records document the history of the gallery through artists' files relating to Richard E. Filipowski, Jason Berger and Marilyn Powers, including biographical information, correspondence, price lists, exhibition catalogs, announcements, clippings, and photographs of works.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
The records of the Joan Peterson Gallery measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1958 to 1980. The records document the history of the gallery through artists' files relating to Richard E. Filipowski, Jason Berger and Marilyn Powers, including biographical information, correspondence, price lists, exhibition catalogs, announcements, clippings, and photographs of works.

Arrangement

Arrangement
The collection is arranged into one series.
  • Series 1: Joan Peterson Gallery Records, 1958-1980 (0.6 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The Joan Peterson Gallery was an art gallery in Boston, Massachusetts. Joan Peterson was one of the most prominent art dealers in Boston from the late 1950s into the early 1980s. The gallery showed the work of leading regional modernists. It closed in 1981.

Administration

Author
Ricky Gomez
Sponsor
The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated in 1992 by Joan Peterson Klimann, former director of the Joan Peterson Gallery.
Processing Information
The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2021.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Conditions Governing Use
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Preferred Citation
Joan Peterson Gallery Records, 1958-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Related Materials
Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Richard Filipowski conducted by Robert Brown, September 25, 1989-March 14, 1990; an oral history interview with Jason Berger conducted by Robert Brown, January 12, 1979 and February 1, 1980; and the Jason Berger and Marilyn Powers papers, circa 1942-1993.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art galleries, Commercial -- Massachusetts -- Boston Function Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Berger, Jason, 1924-2010 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Powers, Marilyn, 1925-1976 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Peterson, Joan, 1933- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Filipowski, Richard, 1923-2008 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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